Template:Slab IV

Slab IV - Tax Law
1)	All citizens pay taxes to the Republic.
2)	Each province is an independent region taxed under the authority of the residing senator with a minimum tax rate of 10%, unless a lower percentage is approved by the Quaestor to aid in region maintenance. In the interests of transparency, no unreported ‘extra’ taxes shall be collected.
3)	Every Senator must set aside a portion of their province tax income toward the duchy. A flat tax of 25% shall be paid, regardless of the region population. The duchy shall send to the republic 75% of the gold collected by provincial tax. Any gold collected by the duchy that is not sent to the republic shall be used at the discretion of the Duke for activities not limited to: maintaining the army, the purchase of food or the sponsoring of tournaments.
4)	Duchy taxes collected by the republic shall be divided so that 75% is divided among all Patritians, 5% is distributed to the Consul, Praetor and Imperator to cover administrative costs inherent in their positions. The remaining 10% shall be collected by the Quaestor for inclusion to the realm’s treasury, who will be responsible for keeping the Republic's treasury. No administrative fees are authorized and the Quaestor will provide an itemized accounting of the realm treasury to the senate within two days of tax collection.
5)	An additional provincial tax share should be arraigned between region lords and knights serving their region. This amount will not be regulated by the republic but should reflect due appreciation of the services provided to a region by a knight.
6)	Expenditures of 500 gold or more from the treasury must be approved by the Senate.
7)	If the Quaestor is in doubt, the treasury must be handed over evenly to the Praetor, Imperator and Consul. The treasury will be returned to the Quaestor when they are no longer in doubt, or new Quaestor has been found.